Buggy code:
public class Util { public static List < Release > retrieveReleaseInfo ( Configuration configuration ) throws Exception { } public static Map < String , List < Defect > > getDataFromRally ( DashboardForm dashboard , Configuration configuration ) throws Exception { } private static void retrieveDefects ( Map < String , List < Defect > > allDefects , RallyRestApi restApi , String projectId , String typeCategory , String releaseNum , String cutoffDate , boolean yesterdayDefects , Configuration configuration ) throws IOException , ParseException { } public static Project getSelectedProject ( String projectKey , Configuration configuration , String tabName ) { } private static boolean isReleaseAlreadyAdded ( List < Release > releases , String releaseName ) { } private static List < Release > retrieveRelease ( RallyRestApi restApi ) throws Exception { } private static RallyRestApi loginRally ( Configuration configuration ) throws URISyntaxException { } public static Configuration readConfigFile ( ) throws FileNotFoundException { } public static void populateDefectData ( DashboardForm dashboardForm , Configuration configuration ) throws Exception { } public static String getProjectAttribute ( Configuration configuration , String key , int tab ) { } private static String getDate ( String day ) { } public static String readUserFile ( String username ) throws FileNotFoundException { } public static Map < String , List < Defect > > getMultiProjectDataFromRally ( DashboardForm dashboard , Configuration configuration ) throws Exception { } private static void retrieveDefects ( Map < String , List < Defect > > allDefects , RallyRestApi restApi , String projectId , String typeCategory , String releaseNum , String cutoffDate , String comparisonOperator , Configuration configuration ) throws IOException , ParseException { List < Defect > defects ; QueryFilter queryFilter ; QueryRequest defectRequest ; QueryResponse projectDefects ; JsonArray defectsArray ; defects = new ArrayList < Defect > ( ) ; queryFilter = new QueryFilter ( "State" , "=" , typeCategory ) . and ( new QueryFilter ( "Release.Name" , "=" , releaseNum ) ) ; if ( null != cutoffDate ) { queryFilter = queryFilter . and ( new QueryFilter ( "CreationDate" , comparisonOperator , cutoffDate ) ) ; } defectRequest = new QueryRequest ( "defects" ) ; defectRequest . setQueryFilter ( queryFilter ) ; defectRequest . setFetch ( new Fetch ( "State" , "Release" , "Name" , "FormattedID" , "Environment" , "Priority" , "LastUpdateDate" , "SubmittedBy" , "Owner" , "Project" , "ClosedDate" ) ) ; defectRequest . setProject ( ( "//project//" + projectId ) ) ; defectRequest . setScopedDown ( true ) ; defectRequest . setScopedDown ( true ) ; defectRequest . setLimit ( 2000 ) ; defectRequest . setOrder ( "FormattedID<seq2seq4repair_space>desc" ) ; projectDefects = restApi . query ( defectRequest ) ; defectsArray = projectDefects . getResults ( ) ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < ( defectsArray . size ( ) ) ; i ++ ) { JsonElement elements = defectsArray . get ( i ) ; JsonObject object = elements . getAsJsonObject ( ) ; if ( ! ( object . get ( "Release" ) . isJsonNull ( ) ) ) { Defect defect = new Defect ( ) ; defect . setDefectId ( object . get ( "FormattedID" ) . getAsString ( ) ) ; if ( null != ( object . get ( "_ref" ) ) ) { String defectRef = object . get ( "_ref" ) . getAsString ( ) ; if ( null != defectRef ) { String url = ( ( ( ( configuration . getRallyURL ( ) ) + "#//" ) + projectId ) + "ud//detail//defect" ) + ( defectRef . substring ( defectRef . lastIndexOf ( "//" ) ) ) ; defect . setDefectUrl ( url ) ; } } String strFormat1 = object . get ( "LastUpdateDate" ) . getAsString ( ) . substring ( 0 , 10 ) ; DateFormat formatter1 = new SimpleDateFormat ( "yyyy-MM-dd" ) ; Date date = ( ( Date ) ( formatter1 . parse ( strFormat1 ) ) ) ; DateFormat formatter2 = new SimpleDateFormat ( "MMM<seq2seq4repair_space>dd<seq2seq4repair_space>YY" ) ; defect . setLastUpdateDate ( formatter2 . format ( date ) ) ; defect . setLastUpdateDateOriginal ( object . get ( "LastUpdateDate" ) . getAsString ( ) . substring ( 0 , 10 ) ) ; <START_BUG> if ( ( null != ( object . get ( "Priority" ) ) ) && ( ! ( object . get ( "Priority" ) . toString ( ) . isEmpty ( ) ) ) ) { <END_BUG> defect . setPriority ( ( "P" + ( object . get ( "Priority" ) . getAsString ( ) . charAt ( 0 ) ) ) ) ; } else { defect . setPriority ( "TBD" ) ; } defect . setState ( object . get ( "State" ) . getAsString ( ) ) ; JsonObject project = object . get ( "Project" ) . getAsJsonObject ( ) ; defect . setProject ( ( ( project . get ( "_refObjectName" ) . getAsString ( ) . charAt ( 0 ) ) + "" ) ) ; defect . setDefectDesc ( object . get ( "Name" ) . getAsString ( ) ) ; defects . add ( defect ) ; } } List < Defect > olderDefects = allDefects . get ( typeCategory ) ; if ( null == olderDefects ) { olderDefects = new ArrayList < Defect > ( ) ; } olderDefects . addAll ( defects ) ; Collections . sort ( olderDefects ) ; allDefects . put ( typeCategory , olderDefects ) ; } public static void retrieveTestCases ( DashboardForm dashboardForm , Configuration configuration , String cutoffDate ) throws IOException , URISyntaxException { } }

Fix:
if ( ( ( null != ( object . get ( "Priority" ) ) ) && ( ! ( object . get ( "Priority" ) . toString ( ) . isEmpty ( ) ) ) ) && ( ! ( object . get ( "Priority" ) . getAsString ( ) . startsWith ( "No" ) ) ) ) {